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{{short description|Leader of the Executive of the Government of Karnataka}}
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{{Infobox political post
| post = Chief Minister
| body = Karnataka
| native_name = {{transliteration|ka|ISO|Karnāṭakada Mukhya Mantri}}
| insignia = Seal of Karnataka.svg
| insigniasize = 120px
| insigniacaption = [[Emblem of Karnataka]]
| image = Siddaramaiah_at_the_function_Akshaya_Patra_Foundation_in_Karnataka.jpg
| imagesize = 
| seat = [[Vidhana Soudha|Vidhana Soudha, Bengaluru]]
| incumbent = [[Siddaramaiah]]
| incumbentsince = 20 May 2023
| department = [[Government of Karnataka]]
| type = [[Government of Karnataka|Head of Government]]
| status = Leader of the Executive
| abbreviation = CM
| member_of = {{hlist| [[Karnataka Council of Ministers|Cabinet]]| [[Karnataka Legislature]]}}
| reportsto = * [[Governor of Karnataka]]
* [[Karnataka Legislature]]
| appointer = [[Governor of Karnataka]] by [[Political convention|convention]] based on appointees ability to command [[confidence]] in the [[Karnataka Legislative Assembly]]
| termlength = At the confidence of the assembly
| termlength_qualified = Chief minister's term is for 5 years and is subject to no [[term limit]]s.<ref name="term1"/>
| inaugural = * [[K. Chengalaraya Reddy]] {{small|(as the chief minister of Mysore;before state's reorganization)}}
* [[S. Nijalingappa]] {{small|(as the chief minister of Mysore;after state's reorganization)}}
* [[D. Devaraj Urs]] {{small|(as the chief minister of Karnataka)}}
| formation = {{Start date and age|1956|11|1|df=y|p=y}}
| residence = [[Anugraha]], [[Bangalore]]
| website = {{URL|https://cm.karnataka.gov.in/}}
| style = [[The Honourable]] {{small|(Formal)}}<br/>[[Mister|Mr./Mrs. Chief Minister]] {{small|(Informal)}}
| deputy = [[Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka]]
| salary = *{{INRConvert|200000}}/monthly
*{{INRConvert|2400000}}/annually
| nominator = Members of the [[Government of Karnataka]] in [[Karnataka Legislative Assembly]]
| precursor = [[Dewan of Mysore]]
}}
The '''[[Chief minister (India)|chief minister]] of [[Karnataka]]''' is the [[Head of government|chief executive officer]] of the [[Government of Karnataka|government]] of the [[India]]n state of [[Karnataka]]. As per the [[Constitution of India]], the [[governor of Karnataka]] is the state's ''[[de jure]]'' head, but ''[[de facto]]'' executive authority rests with the chief minister, a template applicable to all other Indian states. Following elections to the [[Karnataka Legislative Assembly]], the governor usually invites the political party (or a coalition of political parties) with a majority of assembly seats to form the government in the state. The governor appoints the chief minister, whose [[Cabinet (government)|Council of Ministers]] is [[Cabinet collective responsibility|collectively responsible]] to the assembly. Given that he/she has the confidence of the assembly, the chief minister's term is for five years, renewable, and is subject to no [[term limit]]s.<ref name="term1">{{cite book|author=[[Durga Das Basu]]|title=Introduction to the Constitution of India|year=1960|pages=241, 245|publisher=LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa|location=Nagpur|isbn=978-81-8038-559-9}}</ref>

Historically, this office replaced that of the [[dewan of Mysore]] of the erstwhile [[Kingdom of Mysore]] with [[Republic Day (India)|India's constitution into a republic]]. Since 1947, there have been a total of twenty-three chief ministers of Mysore (as the state was known before 1 November 1973) and Karnataka. A majority of them belonged to the [[Indian National Congress|Indian National Congress (INC)]] party, including the inaugural officeholder [[K. Chengalaraya Reddy|K. C. Reddy]]. The longest-serving chief minister, [[D. Devaraj Urs]], held the office for over seven years in the 1970s. INC's [[Veerendra Patil]] had the largest gap between two terms (over eighteen years). One chief minister, [[H. D. Deve Gowda]], went on to become the eleventh [[Prime Minister of India|prime minister of India]], whereas another, [[B. D. Jatti]], served as the country's fifth [[Vice President of India|vice president]]. [[B. S. Yediyurappa]] who was the first chief minister from the [[Bharatiya Janata Party, Karnataka|Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP), served as the chief minister of the state for four terms in 2007, 2008, 2018 and 2019, the only one to do so. [[S. R. Bommai]] served as the chief minister representing the [[Janata Parivar]], whose son [[Basavaraj Bommai]] became chief minister representing the BJP in 2021 becoming the second father-son duo to serve office after HD Deve Gowda and HD Kumaraswamy. There have been six instances of [[president's rule]] in Karnataka, most recently from 2007 to 2008.

==Prime ministers of [[Mysore State]]==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! scope="col" |#{{efn|A parenthetical number indicates that the incumbent has previously held office.}}
!Portrait
! scope="col" |Name
!Constituency
! colspan="3" scope="col" |Term<ref name=":03">[http://kla.kar.nic.in/assembly/review/previouscms.htm Chief Ministers of Karnataka since 1947]. [[Karnataka Legislative Assembly]]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20161206052419/http://kla.kar.nic.in/assembly/review/previouscms.htm Archived] on 6 December 2016.</ref>
{{small|(tenure length)}}
! scope="col" |[[Karnataka Legislative Assembly|Assembly]]<ref name=":13">[http://kla.kar.nic.in/assembly/review/assemblies.htm Assemblies from 1952]. Karnataka Legislative Assembly. [https://web.archive.org/web/20161206052916/http://kla.kar.nic.in/assembly/review/assemblies.htm Archived] on 6 December 2016.</ref>
{{small|([[Elections in Karnataka|election]])}}
! colspan="2" scope="col" |Party{{efn|This column only names the chief minister's party. The state government he headed may have been a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.}}
|- 
|1
|[[File:K._C._Reddy.jpg|78x78px]]
|[[K. Chengalaraya Reddy]]
|[[N/A]]
|25 October 1947
|26 January 1950
|{{ayd|25 Oct 1947|26 Jan 1950}}
|Not established yet
|[[Indian National Congress]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|}

==Chief ministers of [[Mysore State]]==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! scope="col" |#{{efn|A parenthetical number indicates that the incumbent has previously held office.}}
!Portrait
! scope="col" |Name
!Constituency
! colspan="3" scope="col" |Term<ref name=":03"/>
{{small|(tenure length)}}
! scope="col" |[[Karnataka Legislative Assembly|Assembly]]<ref name=":13"/>
{{small|([[Elections in Karnataka|election]])}}
! colspan="2" scope="col" |Party{{efn|This column only names the chief minister's party. The state government he headed may have been a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.}}
|- 
|1
|[[File:K._C._Reddy.jpg|78x78px]]
|[[K. Chengalaraya Reddy]]
|[[N/A]]
|26 January 1950
|30 March 1952
|{{ayd|26 Jan 1950|30 Mar 1952}}
|Not established yet
| rowspan="3" |[[Indian National Congress]]
| rowspan="3" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|- 
|2
|[[File:Kengal_Hanumanthaiah.gif|99x99px]]
|[[Kengal Hanumanthaiah]]
|[[Ramanagaram (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ramanagara]]
|30 March 1952
|19 August 1956
|{{age in years and days|1952|3|30|1956|8|19}}
| rowspan="2" |1st<br/><small>([[1952 Mysore Legislative Assembly election|1952 election]])</small>
<small>''continued...''</small>
|- 
|3
|[[File:Kadidalmanjappa.webp|92x92px]]
|[[Kadidal Manjappa]]
|[[Tirthahalli (Karnataka Assembly constituency)|Tirthahalli]]
|19 August 1956
|31 October 1956
|{{age in years and days|1956|8|19|1956|10|31}}
|}

== Chief ministers of [[Coorg State]] ==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! scope="col" |#{{efn|A parenthetical number indicates that the incumbent has previously held office.}}
!Portrait
! scope="col" |Name
!Constituency
! colspan="3" scope="col" |Term<ref name=":03"/>
{{small|(tenure length)}}
! scope="col" |[[Coorg Legislative Assembly|Assembly]]
({{small|election}})
! colspan="2" scope="col" |Party{{efn|This column only names the chief minister's party. The state government he headed may have been a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.}}
|- 
|1
|[[File:C_M_Poonacha.gif|94x94px]]
|[[C. M. Poonacha]]
|Berriath Nad
|27 March 1952
|31 October 1956
|{{age in years and days|1952|3|27|1956|10|31}}
|1st<br/><small>([[1952 Coorg Legislative Assembly election|1952]])</small>
|[[Indian National Congress]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|}

==Chief Ministers of Karnataka==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! scope="col" |#{{efn|A parenthetical number indicates that the incumbent has previously held office.}}
!Portrait
! scope="col" |Name
![[List of constituencies of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly|Constituency]]
! colspan="3" scope="col" |Term<ref name=":03"/>
! scope="col" |[[Karnataka Legislative Assembly|Assembly]]<ref name=":13"/>
{{small|([[Elections in Karnataka|election]])}}
! colspan="2" scope="col" |Party{{efn|This column only names the chief minister's party. The state government he headed may have been a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.}}
|-
! colspan="10" |Chief Minister of Mysore (following the state's reorganization){{efn|On [[Karnataka Rajyotsava|1 November 1956]], via the [[States Reorganisation Act]], Mysore State was [[Unification of Karnataka|significantly expanded]] along linguistic lines. The [[Kannada]]-speaking districts of [[Bombay State|Bombay]], [[Hyderabad State (1948–1956)|Hyderabad]] and [[Madras State|Madras]] states, as well as the entirety of [[Coorg State|Coorg]], were added to it.<ref name=renaming>M. S. Prabhakara. "[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/New-names-for-old/article14802447.ece New names for old]". ''The Hindu''. 24 July 2007.</ref>}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |4
| rowspan="2" |[[File:Siddavanahalli_Nijalingappa_stamp_(cropped).jpg|center|95x95px]]
| rowspan="2" |[[S. Nijalingappa]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Molakalmuru (Karnataka Assembly constituency)|Molakalmuru]]
| rowspan="2" |1 November 1956
| rowspan="2" |16 May 1958
| rowspan="2" |{{age in years and days|1956|10|31|1958|5|16}}
|{{small|''...continued''}}
1st<br/>{{small|([[1952 Mysore Legislative Assembly election|1952]])}}
| rowspan="6" |[[Indian National Congress]]
| rowspan="6" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|-
| rowspan="2" |2nd
{{small|([[1957 Mysore Legislative Assembly election|1957]])}}
|-
|5
|[[File:Basappa_Danappa_Jatti,_5th_Vice_President_of_India.jpg|94x94px]]
|[[B. D. Jatti]]
|[[Jamkhandi (Vidhana Sabha constituency)|Jamkhandi]]
|16 May 1958
|14 March 1962
|{{age in years and days|1958|5|16|1962|3|14}}
|-
|6
|
|[[S. R. Kanthi]]
|[[Hungund (Vidhana Sabha constituency)|Hungud]]
|14 March 1962
|21 June 1962
|{{age in years and days|1962|3|14|1962|6|21}}
| rowspan="2" |3rd<br/>{{small|([[1962 Mysore Legislative Assembly election|1962]])}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |(4)
| rowspan="2" |[[File:Siddavanahalli_Nijalingappa_stamp_(cropped).jpg|center|95x95px]]
| rowspan="2" |[[S. Nijalingappa]]
|[[Shiggaon (Karnataka Assembly constituency)|Shiggaon]]
| rowspan="2" |21 June 1962
| rowspan="2" |29 May 1968
| rowspan="2" |{{age in years and days|1962|6|21|1968|5|29}}
|-
|[[Bagalkot Assembly constituency|Bagalkot]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://kla.kar.nic.in/assembly/member/3assemblymemberslist.htm
|title=Third Karnataka Legislative Assembly |access-date=2021-11-06 |publisher=[[Karnataka Legislative Assembly]]}}</ref>
| rowspan="2" |4th<br/>{{small|([[1967 Mysore Legislative Assembly election|1967]])}}
|-
|7
|
|[[Veerendra Patil]]
|[[Chincholi (Vidhana Sabha constituency)|Chincholi]]
|29 May 1968
|18 March 1971
|{{age in years and days|1968|5|29|1971|3|18}}
|[[Indian National Congress (O)]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress (O)}}" |
|-
|–
|[[File:Emblem_of_India.svg|center|120x120px]]
| scope="row" |''Vacant''{{efn|[[President's rule#Karnataka|President's rule]] may be imposed when the "government in a state is not able to function as per the Constitution", which often happens because no party or coalition has a majority in the assembly. When President's_rule#Karnataka|President's rule is in force in a state, its council of ministers stands dissolved. The chief minister's office thus lies vacant, and the administration is taken over by the governor, who functions on behalf of the central government. At times, the legislative assembly also stands dissolved.<ref>Amberish K. Diwanji. "[http://www.rediff.co.in/news/2005/mar/15spec1.htm A dummy's guide to President's_rule#Karnataka|President's rule]". [[Rediff.com]]. 15 March 2005. Retrieved on 3 March 2013.</ref>|name=PR}}
([[President's rule#Karnataka|President's rule]])
|N/A
|19 March 1971
|20 March 1972
|{{age in years and days|1971|3|19|1972|3|20}}
|''Dissolved''
|''N/A''
|
|-
|8
|
|[[D. Devaraj Urs]]
|[[Hunasuru (Vidhana Sabha constituency)|Hunasuru]]
|20 March 1972
|31 October 1973
|{{age in years and days|1972|3|20|1973|10|31}}
|5th<br/>{{small|([[1972 Mysore Legislative Assembly election|1972]])}}
|[[Indian National Congress (R)]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}" |
|-
! colspan="10" |Chief Minister of Karnataka{{efn|On 1 November 1973, via the Mysore State (Alteration of Name) Act, Mysore State was renamed as ''Karnataka''.<ref name=renaming/> Thus, Devaraj Urs was Chief Minister of Mysore between 20 March 1972 and 31 October 1973, and Chief Minister of Karnataka after that.}}
|-
|(8)
|
|[[D. Devaraj Urs]]
|[[Hunasuru (Vidhana Sabha constituency)|Hunasuru]]
|1 November 1973
|31 December 1977
|{{age in years and days|1973|11|1|1977|12|31}}
|{{small|''...continued''}}
5th<br/>{{small|([[1972 Mysore Legislative Assembly election|1972]])}}
|[[Indian National Congress (R)]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}" |
|-
|–
|[[File:Emblem_of_India.svg|center|120x120px]]
| scope="row" |''Vacant''{{efn|name=PR}}
([[President's rule#Karnataka|President's rule]])
|N/A
|31 December 1977
|28 February 1978
|{{age in years and days|1977|12|31|1978|2|28}}
|''Dissolved''
|''N/A''
|
|-
|(8)
|
|[[D. Devaraj Urs]]
|[[Hunasuru (Vidhana Sabha constituency)|Hunasuru]]
|28 February 1978
|12 January 1980
|{{age in years and days|1978|2|28|1980|1|12}}
| rowspan="2" |6th<br/>{{small|([[1978 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election|1978]])}}
| rowspan="2" |[[Indian National Congress (I)]]
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" |
|-
|9
|[[File:Gundurayaru.webp|center|75x75px]]
|[[R. Gundu Rao]]
|[[Somwarpet (Vidhana Sabha constituency)|Somwarpet]]
|12 January 1980
|10 January 1983
|{{age in years and days|1980|1|12|1983|1|10}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |10
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" |[[Ramakrishna Hegde]]
|[[Kanakapura (Vidhana Sabha constituency)|Kanakpura]]
|10 January 1983
|7 March 1985{{efn|According to ''[[Frontline (magazine)|Frontline]]'' magazine, "Following the poor performance of the Janata Party in the 1984 [general] elections (it won only four out of the 28 seats), Hegde resigned because his party had lost its popular mandate. Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi allowed him to head a caretaker government. In the 1985 [assembly] elections, the Janata Party came to power with a comfortable majority."<ref name=FRONTLINE>Parvathi Menon. "[https://frontline.thehindu.com/other/article30221082.ece A politician with elan: Ramakrishna Hegde, 1926–2004]". ''[[Frontline (magazine)|Frontline]]''. Volume 21: Issue 03, 31 January – 13 February 2004.</ref>}}
| rowspan="2" |{{Ayd|10 January 1983|13 August 1988}}
|7th<br/>{{small|([[1983 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election|1983]])}}
| rowspan="3" |[[Janata Party]]
| rowspan="3" style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Party}}" |
|-
|[[Basavanagudi (Vidhana Sabha constituency)|Basavanagudi]]
|8 March 1985
|13 August 1988{{efn|According to ''Frontline'', Hegde resigned "in February 1986 when the Karnataka High Court censured his government for the way it handled arrack bottling contracts".<ref name=FRONTLINE/> He withdrew his resignation after a couple of days, "following pressure from his party legislators".<ref>A. Jayaram. "[https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-miscellaneous/tp-others/pillar-of-anti-congress-movement/article27550913.ece Pillar of anti-Congress movement]". ''The Hindu''. 13 January 2004.</ref>}}
| rowspan="2" |8th<br/>{{small|([[1985 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election|1985]])}}
|-
|11
|[[File:Somappa_Rayappa_Bommai_132.jpg|center|102x102px]]
|[[S. R. Bommai]]
|[[Hubli Rural (Vidhana Sabha constituency)|Hubli Rural]]
|13 August 1988
|21 April 1989
|{{age in years and days|1988|8|13|1989|5|21}}
|-
|–
|[[File:Emblem_of_India.svg|center|120x120px]]
| scope="row" |''Vacant''{{efn|name=PR}}
([[President's rule#Karnataka|President's rule]])
|N/A
|21 April 1989
|30 November 1989
|{{age in years and days|1989|5|21|1989|11|30}}
|''Dissolved''
|''N/A''
|
|-
|(7)
|
|[[Veerendra Patil]]
|[[Chincholi (Vidhana Sabha constituency)|Chincholi]]
|30 November 1989
|10 October 1990
|{{age in years and days|1989|11|30|1990|10|10}}
| rowspan="4" |9th<br/>{{small|([[1989 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election|1989]])}}
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|-
|–
|[[File:Emblem_of_India.svg|center|120x120px]]
| scope="row" |''Vacant''{{efn|name=PR}}
([[President's rule#Karnataka|President's rule]])
|N/A
|10 October 1990
|17 October 1990
|{{age in years and days|1990|10|10|1990|10|17}}
|''N/A''
|
|-
|12
|
|[[Sarekoppa Bangarappa]]
|[[Soraba (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Soraba]]
|17 October 1990
|19 November 1992
|{{age in years and days|1990|10|17|1992|11|19}}
| rowspan="2" |[[Indian National Congress]]
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|-
|13
|[[File:Veerappa_Moily_BNC.jpg|113x113px]]
|[[Veerappa Moily]]
|[[Karkala (Karnataka Assembly constituency)|Karkala]]
|19 November 1992
|11 December 1994
|{{age in years and days|1992|11|19|1994|12|11}}
|-
|14
|[[File:The former Prime Minister, Shri H.D. Deve Gowda calling on the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, in New Delhi on June 03, 2015 (cropped 2).jpg|114x114px]]
|[[H. D. Deve Gowda]]
|[[Ramanagaram (Vidhana Sabha constituency)|Ramanagara]]
|11 December 1994
|31 May 1996
|{{age in years and days|1994|12|11|1996|5|31}}
| rowspan="2" |10th<br/>{{small|([[1994 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election|1994]])}}
| rowspan="2" |[[Janata Dal]]
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Dal}}" |
|-
|15
|
|[[J. H. Patel]]
|[[Channagiri (Karnataka Assembly constituency)|Channagiri]]
|31 May 1996
|11 October 1999
|{{age in years and days|1996|5|31|1999|10|11}}
|-
|16
|[[File:S M Krishna.jpg|96x96px]]
|[[S. M. Krishna]]
|[[Maddur (Vidhana Sabha constituency)|Maddur]]
|11 October 1999
|28 May 2004
|{{age in years and days|1999|10|11|2004|5|28}}
|11th<br/>{{small|([[1999 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election|1999]])}}
| rowspan="2" |[[Indian National Congress]]
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|-
|17
|[[File:Dharam_Singh.jpg|center|100x100px]]
|[[Dharam Singh]]
|[[Jevargi (Vidhana Sabha constituency)|Jevargi]]
|28 May 2004
|3 February 2006
|{{age in years and days|2004|5|28|2006|2|3}}
| rowspan="4" |12th<br/>{{small|([[2004 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election|2004]])}}
|-
|18
|[[File:JDS_chief_Kumaraswamy.jpg|103x103px]]
|[[H. D. Kumaraswamy]]
|[[Ramanagaram (Vidhana Sabha constituency)|Ramanagara]]
|3 February 2006
|8 October 2007
|{{age in years and days|2006|2|3|2007|10|8}}
|[[Janata Dal (Secular)]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Dal (Secular)}}" |
|-
|–
|[[File:Emblem_of_India.svg|center|120x120px]]
| scope="row" |''Vacant''{{efn|name=PR}}
([[President's rule#Karnataka|President's rule]])
|N/A
|8 October 2007
|12 November 2007
|{{age in years and days|2007|10|8|2007|11|12}}
|''N/A''
|
|-
|19
|[[File:The_Chief_Minister_of_Karnataka,_Shri_B.S._Yediyurappa_meeting_with_the_Deputy_Chairman,_Planning_Commission,_Dr._Montek_Singh_Ahluwalia_to_finalize_annual_plan_2008-09_of_the_State,_in_New_Delhi_on_August_12,_2008_(1)_(cropped).jpg|center|96x96px]]
|[[B. S. Yediyurappa]]
|[[Shikaripura (Vidhana Sabha constituency)|Shikaripura]]
|12 November 2007
|19 November 2007
|{{age in years and days|2007|11|12|2007|11|19}}
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|-
|–
|[[File:Emblem_of_India.svg|center|120x120px]]
| scope="row" |''Vacant''{{efn|name=PR}}
([[President's rule#Karnataka|President's rule]])
|N/A
|20 November 2007
|29 May 2008
|{{age in years and days|2007|11|20|2008|5|29}}
|''Dissolved''
|''N/A''
|
|-
|(19)
|[[File:The_Chief_Minister_of_Karnataka,_Shri_B.S._Yediyurappa_meeting_with_the_Deputy_Chairman,_Planning_Commission,_Dr._Montek_Singh_Ahluwalia_to_finalize_annual_plan_2008-09_of_the_State,_in_New_Delhi_on_August_12,_2008_(1)_(cropped).jpg|center|96x96px]]
|[[B. S. Yediyurappa]]
|[[Shikaripura (Vidhana Sabha constituency)|Shikaripura]]
|30 May 2008
|5 August 2011
|{{age in years and days|2008|5|30|2011|8|5}}
| rowspan="3" |13th<br/>{{small|([[2008 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election|2008]])}}
| rowspan="3" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| rowspan="3" style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|-
|20
|[[File:Sadananda_Gowda.jpg|center|106x106px]]
|[[Sadananda Gowda]]
|[[Karnataka Legislative Council|MLC]]
|5 August 2011
|12 July 2012
|{{age in years and days|2011|8|5|2012|7|12}}
|-
|21
|[[File:Jagadish Shettar at Belgium.jpg|96x96px]]
|[[Jagadish Shettar]]
|[[Hubli-Dharwad-Central (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Hubli-Dharwad-Central]]
|12 July 2012
|13 May 2013
|{{age in years and days|2012|7|12|2013|5|13}}
|-
|22
|[[File:The Chief Minister of Karnataka, Shri Siddaramaiah.jpg|93x93px|The_Chief_Minister_of_Karnataka_Siddaramaiah_visits_PMO]]
|[[Siddaramaiah]]
|[[Varuna (Vidhana Sabha constituency)|Varuna]]
|13 May 2013
|17 May 2018
|{{age in years and days|2013|5|13|2018|5|17}}
|14th<br/>{{small|([[2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election|2013]])}}
| rowspan="1" |[[Indian National Congress]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|-
|(19)
|[[File:The_Chief_Minister_of_Karnataka,_Shri_B.S._Yediyurappa_meeting_with_the_Deputy_Chairman,_Planning_Commission,_Dr._Montek_Singh_Ahluwalia_to_finalize_annual_plan_2008-09_of_the_State,_in_New_Delhi_on_August_12,_2008_(1)_(cropped).jpg|center|96x96px]]
|[[B. S. Yediyurappa]]
|[[Shikaripura (Vidhana Sabha constituency)|Shikaripura]]
|17 May 2018
|23 May 2018
|{{age in years and days|2018|5|17|2018|5|23}}
| rowspan="4" |[[15th Karnataka Legislative Assembly|15th]]<br/>{{small|([[2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election|2018]])}}
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|-
|(18)
|[[File:JDS_chief_Kumaraswamy.jpg|103x103px]]
|[[H. D. Kumaraswamy]]
|[[Channapatna (Vidhana Sabha constituency)|Channapatna]]
|23 May 2018
|26 July 2019
|{{age in years and days|2018|5|23|2019|7|26}}
|[[Janata Dal (Secular)]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Dal (Secular)}}" |
|-
|(19)
|[[File:The_Chief_Minister_of_Karnataka,_Shri_B.S._Yediyurappa_meeting_with_the_Deputy_Chairman,_Planning_Commission,_Dr._Montek_Singh_Ahluwalia_to_finalize_annual_plan_2008-09_of_the_State,_in_New_Delhi_on_August_12,_2008_(1)_(cropped).jpg|center|96x96px]]
|[[B. S. Yediyurappa]]
|[[Shikaripura (Vidhana Sabha constituency)|Shikaripura]]
|26 July 2019
|28 July 2021
|{{age in years and days|2019|7|26|2021|7|28}}
| rowspan="2" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|-
|23
|[[File:Shri Basavaraj Bommai calling on the Union Minister for Defence, Shri Rajnath Singh, in New Delhi on July 30 2021.jpg|100x100px]]
|[[Basavaraj Bommai]]
|[[Shiggaon (Karnataka Assembly constituency)|Shiggaon]]
|28 July 2021
|20 May 2023
|{{age in years and days|2021|7|28|2023|5|20|}}
|-
|(22)
|[[File:The Chief Minister of Karnataka, Shri Siddaramaiah.jpg|93x93px|The_Chief_Minister_of_Karnataka_Siddaramaiah_visits_PMO]]
|[[Siddaramaiah]]
|[[Varuna (Vidhana Sabha constituency)|Varuna]]
|20 May 2023
|Incumbent
|{{age in years and days|2023|5|20|}}
|[[16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly|16th]]<br/>{{small|([[2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election|2023]])}}
| rowspan="1" |[[Indian National Congress]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|}

==Statistics==

{{
Pie chart |

| caption = Fraction of time of holding CMO by party (as of October 2024)

| label1 = [[Indian National Congress]]
| color1 = {{party color|Indian National Congress}} | value1 = 65.77

| label2 = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| color2 = {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} | value2 = 13.19

| label3 = [[Janata Dal]]
| color3 = {{party color|Janata Dal}} | value3 = 7.24

| label4 = [[Janata Party]]
| color4 = {{party color|Janata Party}} | value4 = 9.53

| label5 = [[Janata Dal (Secular)]]
| color5 = {{party color|Janata Dal (Secular)}} | value5 = 4.27
}}

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; text-align:center"
|-
! rowspan="2" data-sort-type="number" | {{Tooltip|No.}}
! rowspan="2" | Name
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Party
! colspan="2" | Length of term
|-
! Longest continuous term
! Total years of premiership
|-
! data-sort-value="1" | 1
| [[D. Devaraj Urs]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}" |
| [[Indian National Congress (R)|INC(I) / INC(R)]]
| 4 years, 60 days
| 7 years, 238 days
|-
! data-sort-value="2" | 2
| [[S. Nijalingappa]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| 5 years, 343 days
| 7 years, 175 days
|-
! data-sort-value="3" | 3
| '''[[Siddaramaiah]]'''
| style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| [[Indian National Congress|'''INC''']]
| '''5 years, 4 days'''
|'''6 years, 112 days'''
|-
! data-sort-value="4" | 4
| [[Ramakrishna Hegde]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Party}}" |
| [[Janata Party|JP]]
| 3 years, 150 days
| 5 years, 216 days
|-
! data-sort-value="5" | 5
| [[B. S. Yediyurappa]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| 3 years, 67 days
| 5 years, 82 days
|-
! data-sort-value="6" | 6
| [[S. M. Krishna]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| 4 years, 230 days
| 4 years, 230 days
|-
! data-sort-value="7" | 7
| [[B. D. Jatti]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| 3 years, 302 days
| 3 years, 302 days
|-
! data-sort-value="8" | 8
| [[Veerendra Patil]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress (Organisation)}}" |
| [[Indian National Congress (Organisation)|INC / INC(O)]]
| 2 years, 293 days
| 3 years, 242 days
|-
! data-sort-value="9" | 9
| [[J. H. Patel]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Dal}}" |
| [[Janata Dal|JD]]
| 3 years, 133 days
| 3 years, 133 days
|-
! data-sort-value="10" | 10
| [[R. Gundu Rao]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress (Organisation)}}" |
| [[Indian National Congress (Organisation)|INC(O)]]
| 2 years, 363 days
| 2 years, 363 days
|-
! data-sort-value="11" | 11
| [[H. D. Kumaraswamy]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Dal}}" |
| [[Janata Dal (Secular)|JD(S)]]
| 1 year, 247 days
| 2 years, 311 days
|-
! data-sort-value="12" | 12
| [[Sarekoppa Bangarappa]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| 2 years, 33 days
| 2 years, 33 days
|-
! data-sort-value="13" | 13
| [[Veerappa Moily]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| 2 years, 22 days
| 2 years, 22 days
|-
! data-sort-value="14" | 14
| [[Basavaraj Bommai]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| 1 year, 296 days
| 1 year, 296 days
|-
! data-sort-value="15" | 15
| [[Dharam Singh]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| 1 year, 251 days
| 1 year, 251 days
|-
! data-sort-value="16" | 16
| [[H. D. Deve Gowda]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Dal}}" |
| [[Janata Dal|JD]]
| 1 year, 172 days
| 1 year, 172 days
|-
! data-sort-value="17" | 17
| [[Sadananda Gowda]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| 342 days
| 342 days
|-
! data-sort-value="18" |18 
| [[Jagadish Shettar]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| 305 days
| 305 days
|-
! data-sort-value="19" | 19
| [[S. R. Bommai]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Party}}" |
| [[Janata Party|JP]]
| 281 days
| 281 days
|-
! data-sort-value="20" | 20
| [[S. R. Kanthi]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| 99 days
| 99 days
|-
! data-sort-value="20" | {{ndash}}
| [[President's Rule]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|President's Rule}}" |
| {{ndash}}
| 1 year, 1 day
| 2 years, 121 days
|-
|}
;List by party
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; text-align:center"
|+Political parties by total time-span of their member holding CMO ({{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}})
!No.
!Political party
!Number of chief ministers
!Total years of holding CMO
|-
!1
|'''[[Indian National Congress]]<br> including [[Indian National Congress (I)|INC(I)]] / [[Indian National Congress (Organisation)|INC(O)]] / [[Indian National Congress (R)|INC(R)]]'''
|'''11'''
|'''43 years, 335 days'''
|-
!2
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|4
|8 years, 295 days
|-
!3
|[[Janata Dal]]
|2
|4 years, 305 days
|-
!4
|[[Janata Party]]
|2
|6 years, 132 days
|-
!5
|[[Janata Dal (Secular)]]
|1
|2 years, 311 days
|-
|}

== Parties by total duration (in years) of holding Chief Minister's Office ==
{{ #invoke:Chart | bar chart
| float = center
| width = 800
| height = 300
| stack = 1
| group 1 = 43.92:0:0:0:0
| group 2 = 0:8.81:0:0:0
| group 3 = 0:0:4.84:0:0
| group 4 = 0:0:0:6.36:0
| group 5 = 0:0:0:0:2.85
| colors = #00BFFF : #FF9933 : #2E8B57 : #1F75FE : #00008B
| group names = [[Indian National Congress|INC]] : [[BJP]] : [[Janata Dal|JD]] : [[Janata Party|JP]] : [[Janata Dal (Secular)|JD(S)]]
| x legends = INC : BJP : JD : JP : JD(S)
}}

==See also==
* [[Dewan of Mysore]]
* [[List of Diwans of Mysore]]
* [[List of deputy chief ministers of Karnataka]]

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{commons category|Chief ministers of Karnataka}}

{{Chief Ministers of Karnataka}}
{{Current Indian chief ministers}}

[[Category:Chief ministers of Karnataka| ]]
[[Category:Lists of people from Karnataka|Chief Ministers]]
[[Category:Lists of chief ministers of Indian states|Karnataka]]
[[Category:Karnataka politics-related lists|Chief ministers]]